The
strawberry is nutritious as well as delicious.
In a nutrient density analysis done by the American college of Nutrition, strawberries
placed in the top three fruits. The ranking was based on each fruit's ability
to provide
recommended amounts of 9 nutrients deemed essential.

Sweet
Darling strawberries are a fantastic source of Vitamin C, folic acid, potassium
and dietary fiber. And of course they're fat, sodium and cholesterol-free plus
the strawberry is one of nature's most powerful antioxidant
and anti-cancer substances. What a beautiful food.
. . .Counting calories?

Would
you rather have one chocolate covered peanut candy or 18 strawberries? Eighteen
strawberries have a similar calorie count to a single coated peanut candy
they're fat free and pack a wallop of nutitional value.

Who says the
green ones are best? The essence of Sweet Darling is red strawberry culture.

USDA Strawberry Nutritional Data

Nutrient

Units

Value
per 100 g,
edible portion

N

SE

1 cup, halves = 152.000 g

Proximates

Water

g

91.570

100

.136

139.186

Energy

kcal

30.000

0

0.000

45.600

Energy

kj

126.000

0

0.000

191.520

Protein

g

.610

91

.026

0.927

Total lipid (fat)

g

.370

6

.135

0.562

Carbohydrate, by difference

g

7.020

0

0.000

10.670

Fiber, total dietary

g

2.300

0

0.000

3.496

Ash

g

.430

81

.009

0.654

Minerals

Calcium, Ca

mg

14.000

10

.504

21.280

Iron, Fe

mg

.380

84

.042

0.578

Magnesium, Mg

mg

10.000

74

.227

15.200

Phosphorus, P

mg

19.000

81

.464

28.880

Potassium, K

mg

166.000

49

2.916

252.320

Sodium, Na

mg

1.000

32

.225

1.520

Zinc, Zn

mg

.130

19

.004

0.198

Copper, Cu

mg

.049

78

.005

0.074

Manganese, Mn

mg

.290

76

.031

0.441

Vitamins

Vitamin C, ascorbic acid

mg

56.700

85

1.882

86.184

Thiamin

mg

.020

1

0.000

0.030

Riboflavin

mg

.066

1

0.000

0.100

Niacin

mg

.230

1

0.000

0.350

Pantothenic acid

mg

.340

0

0.000

0.517

Vitamin B-6

mg

.059

3

.003

0.090

Folate

mcg

17.700

8

1.729

26.904

Vitamin B-12

mcg

0.000

0

0.000

0.000

Vitamin A, IU

IU

27.000

3

3.480

41.040

Vitamin A, RE

mcg_RE

3.000

3

.348

4.560

Vitamin E

mg_ATE

.140

0

0.000

0.213

Lipids

Fatty acids, saturated

g

.020

0

0.000

0.030

4:0 butyric

g

0.000

0

0.000

0.000

6:0 caproic

g

0.000

0

0.000

0.000

8:0 caprylic

g

0.000

0

0.000

0.000

10:0 capric

g

0.000

0

0.000

0.000

12:0 lauric

g

0.000

0

0.000

0.000

14:0 myristic

g

0.000

0

0.000

0.000

16:0 palmitic

g

.014

2

0.000

0.021

18:0 stearic

g

.004

2

0.000

0.006

Fatty acids, monounsaturated

g

.052

0

0.000

0.079

16:1 palmitoleic

g

.001

2

0.000

0.002

18:1 oleic

g

.051

2

0.000

0.078

20:1 gadoleic

g

0.000

0

0.000

0.000

22:1 erucic

g

0.000

0

0.000

0.000

Fatty acids, polyunsaturated

g

.186

0

0.000

0.283

18:2 linoleic

g

.108

2

0.000

0.164

18:3 linolenic

g

.078

2

0.000

0.119

18:4 parinaric

g

0.000

0

0.000

0.000

20:4 arachidonic

g

0.000

0

0.000

0.000

20:5 timnodonic

g

0.000

0

0.000

0.000

22:5 clupanodonic

g

0.000

0

0.000

0.000

22:6 docosahexaenoic

g

0.000

0

0.000

0.000

Cholesterol

mg

0.000

0

0.000

0.000

Phytosterols

mg

12.000

0

0.000

18.240

Amino acids

Tryptophan

g

.007

1

0.000

0.011

Threonine

g

.019

1

0.000

0.029

Isoleucine

g

.014

1

0.000

0.021

Leucine

g

.031

1

0.000

0.047

Lysine

g

.025

1

0.000

0.038

Methionine

g

.001

1

0.000

0.002

Cystine

g

.005

1

0.000

0.008

Phenylalanine

g

.018

1

0.000

0.027

Tyrosine

g

.021

1

0.000

0.032

Valine

g

.018

1

0.000

0.027

Arginine

g

.026

1

0.000

0.040

Histidine

g

.012

1

0.000

0.018

Alanine

g

.031

1

0.000

0.047

Aspartic acid

g

.138

1

0.000

0.210

Glutamic acid

g

.090

1

0.000

0.137

Glycine

g

.024

1

0.000

0.036

Proline

g

.019

1

0.000

0.029

Serine

g

.023

1

0.000

0.035

Strawberries, Spinach Deemed Most Powerful Antioxidant Foods

By Denise Mann July
14,1997

Adding
strawberries to your breakfast cereal and eating a spinach salad for lunch
may help you fight cancer, heart disease and other ills, new findings suggest.

That's because strawberries and spinach have as much ability
to counteract damaging oxygen-free radicals in the body as a large dose of
vitamin C, according to researchers with the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA).

In a study of eight elderly women, special drinks made from
strawberry or spinach extracts each boosted the women's antioxidant capacity
by 20 percent. That's as much as taking 1,250 milligrams of vitamin C, reported
Ronald L. Prior of the USDA's Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at
Tufts University in Boston.

Vitamin C and other antioxidants protect the body by gobbling
up the oxygen-free radicals that damage cells and are believed to promote
cancer, heart disease and aging.

In an earlier laboratory study, the researchers found that
strawberries and spinach had the highest antioxidant capacity of 40 common
fruits and vegetables. The new study was designed to determine whether eating
these foods would actually translate into greater antioxidant capacity in
the human body.

Not commercially available, the strawberry and spinach drinks
were the equivalent of about 8 to 10 ounces of the fruit or vegetable. "That
is about the amount of spinach found in one bag or about one pint of strawberries,"
said researcher Neal Lischner.

"Both spinach and strawberries are nutrient-dense foods, so
it makes sense that they would top the list of fruits and vegetables" containing
antioxidants, said Felicia Busch, a registered dietitian and spokesperson
for the American Dietetic Association in Chicago.

"The easiest way to get spinach into your diet is to stop buying
iceberg lettuce, and use spinach or other dark green leafy vegetables in salads,"
Busch said. Spinach and strawberries are also good sources of folic acid--a
B vitamin that is needed for cell growth. "Strawberries are actually real
good on top of spinach," she added.
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